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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Our Situation & The Real Meaning of Peace

Strange is our
situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why,
yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life,
however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others
... for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond
of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is
built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must
exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have
received.~ Albert
Einstein

The Real Meaning Of PeaceThere once was a
king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of
peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were
only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm
lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around
it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture
thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had
mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from
which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain
tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.

But when
the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a
crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the
midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest - in perfect
peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the
second picture. Do you know why?

"Because," explained the king, "peace
does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your
heart. That is the real meaning of peace."